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<p><a href='https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/op_ed_commentaries/joe-manchin-why-im-voting-against-the-for-the-people-act/article_c7eb2551-a500-5f77-aa37-2e42d0af870f.html'>Joe Manchin decides to sink hopes of passing voting protections laid out in the For the People Act</a>, taking out an editorial in West Virginia newspapers to spew nonsense about bipartisanship. His move happens, of course, while Republican state legislatures are passing voter suppression laws at a breakneck pace. </p> <p>A similar fate awaits Biden’s infrastructure plan as Manchin and Sinema refuse to get rid of the filibuster. <a href='https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/06/08/white-house-infrastructure-republican/'>Talks between Biden and West Virginia’s Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito fell apart</a> after it was clear the Republican position “did not meet the essential needs of our country to restore our roads and bridges, prepare us for our clean energy future, and create jobs,” according to a statement from White House press secretary Jen Psaki. <a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/10/us/politics/infrastructure-biden-senate.html'>A new bipartisan proposal </a>from a group of 10 senators led by Krysten Sinema and Mitt Romney was developed late yesterday, but sounds like it will gut all investment in climate infrastructure. <a href='https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/09/progressives-climate-provisions-infrastructure-492667'>Senator Markey and other Democratic Senators </a>have said they will not vote for a bill that does not invest in necessary climate infrastructure. </p> <p>Turns out <a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/10/us/politics/justice-department-leaks-trump-administration.html'>Trump’s justice department was secretly subpoenaing phone and other records from Democrats on House Intelligence committee</a>. The practice continued under Biden’s administration until just a couple of weeks ago. </p> <p>The <a href='https://gizmodo.com/the-keystone-xl-pipeline-is-officially-finished-1847066832?utm_m